Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25556, James Eaton, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Eaton, James Anna
N. 25556.
CONTENTS

11.738
Connecticut
Anna Eaton, decd,
widow of James who died on the 11 th Feb 1814.
of in the State of who was a priv. in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the Revolution time for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of February 1855 and sent to
Airs to the 4 th of Horace Gaylord Semi-annual allowance ending Ashford Ct
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by G. J. Gally Clerk. Book Vol. 1 Page 81

State of Connecticut } ss Probate District of Chaplin County of Windham }
On this twenty third day of September in the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Chaplin, Jarris Eaton a resident of Chaplin in the County and State aforesaid, aged fifty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made for widows of Revolutionary Soldiers by the Acts of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, and March 3 1843, That he is one of the surviving children of James & Anna Eaton that according to the best of his knowledge and belief his father, the said James Eaton was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, that he enlisted on or about the 28 th day of June 1776 into Capt. Reuben Marcy's Co. in Col. John Chester's Regt. to serve until the 23 rd day of the following December for proof of the above named service reference may be had to the roll & receipts on file in the Pension Office with the claims of the heirs of Reuben Spalding, Heirs of Chloe Smith and Lucy Grant widow of Hamilton Grant, — That his said father enlisted into Capt John Schumway's Company in Col. Josiah Hovey's Regt. on or about the 10 th day of May 1777 for the term of three years and served until

2 nd day of May 1780 a full period of three years as by the muster rolls of said Company & Regt. will fully appear, — That his said mother, Anna Eaton, was married to James Eaton his father in the month of March 1788, that he can find no public record of his father & mother marriage & for the proof of which he must rely upon the deposition of his uncle, Isaac Goodell, who was present at their marriage. That his said father died on the 4 th day of Feb. 1814 in that part of the Town of Mansfield that now belongs to the town of Chaplin, That Anna Eaton his said mother, survived his said father as his widow and remained the widow of the said James Eaton until the 18 th day of October 1843 when she died. That his father and mother were not married prior to the time that his father left the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 viz at the time above stated. That the declarant together with Horace Eaton, Calvin Eaton and Fanny Clark are the only sur- viving children of the said James & Anna Eaton. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above mentioned before Jarvis Eaton
Coastus Rudge Judge of Probate

"James Eaton of Tolland and Anna Goodell of Hampton were married March the seventeenth One Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety One"
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record without the exception of the date which is in place legible figures as follows March the 17 th 1791 Wm. C. R. William Gason Clerk
Gason Clerk's Office for Tolland County State of Connecticut January 30 th 1855
I hereby certify that James Gason Clerk of the town of Tolland was at the time of the marriage of said Eaton and that the above record & certificate are true Wm. C. R. William Gason Clerk
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 30 th day of January A.D. 1855
Alvan P. Folsom Justice of Peace

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MGS:MLB
July 2, 1930
Mrs. Lou Wnorowski 204 West Main Street Sparta, Illinois
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 25556, it appears that James Eaton enlisted June 23, 1776, in Captain Reuben Marcy's Company, Colonel John Chester's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged December 25, 1776. He enlisted at North Mansfield Meeting House in May, 1777 and served as a private in Captain John Shumway's Company, Colonels Jedediah Huntington's and Josiah Starr's Regiments, and was discharged May 21, 1780.
While a resident of Tolland, Connecticut, he married March 17, 1791, Anna Goodell of Hampton, Connecticut. She was born in February, 1763 and was the daughter of Aaron and Amy Goodell.
James Eaton died February 4, 1814 in Mansfield, which was later called Chaplin, Connecticut.
Anna Eaton died October 13, 1843 in Chaplin, Connecticut, and was survived by the following children: - Jarvis Eaton, Horace Eaton, Edwin Eaton and Fanny Clark.
On September 23, 1854, Jarvis Eaton, a resident of Chaplin, Connecticut, aged fifty-nine years, applied for pension that was due him and the other surviving children of James Eaton, on account of the Revolutionary War service of the father. The claim was allowed.
In 1855 it was stated that two children of James and Anna Eaton had died long before that date, but their names were not given.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to William Eaton and Benjamin Cleveland, as described; or of any soldier named Ephraim Pearson.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

Sparta, Illinois April 14, 1930.
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: I would like to have what records you have concerning 1. Ephraim Pearson and his family. From the Adjutant General of Conn. I have this record: "Ephraim Pearson, Enlisted as private in Capt. James Fitch's company, in 19 th Regiment, Major Nathaniel Terry commanding at New York, Aug. 24, 1776, in service 46 days; no residence stated but the 19 th Regiment was composed of companies from Hartford (east side) East Windsor, Enfield and Bolton."
Ephraim Pearson, private in 7 th company, Capt. John Simon's from Enfield, in Col. Erastus Wolcott's State Regiment at Boston, Jan. - Mar. 1776. He was born 1758 in East Windsor Conn. and died 1804 Savannah, Georgia.
2. Data for Josiah Eaton, served as sergeant in 4 th company, Capt. Reuben Marcy's from Windham County in 6 th Bn., Wadsworth's Brigade Col. John Chester commanding, June - Dec. 1776. James and William Eaton (over) served as privates

in the 4 th company.
And do you have a record of pension for Rev. Services for Benjamin Cleveland of Canterbury, Conn. If so I should like to have that also.
Thanking you Sincerely, I am, Mrs Lou Wnorowski

1930, July 2, hist. to Mrs. Lou Lourowski. See also Josiah Eaton 1/28/39 M.C.S.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25556
Anna Eaton wid. of James Eaton Pris. Rep. etc.
Act: Wid. of James Eaton
Index:—Vol. A , Page 207
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9590 Connecticut
Susa Eaton, decd, widow of James, who was a private in the Revolution,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $ 10. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Land 13 th October 1843
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of February 1843 and sent to
Horace Gaylord Ashford Ct.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 53
From: Mrs. Lou Wnorowski 204 West Main St. Sparta, Ill.
71 S. 10th St

Anna Eaton dec?
Widow of James Connecticut
adm? July 7 1838
2 years in $50
per annum
4 March 1836 to 13 Oct 1838
when she had
13 Expt 2 years
Payne Edwin Eaton's name on his reg and James James Eaton? Horace Eaton & Fanny Eaton, only child
sent to Horace Gaylord Ashford Conn

No 15241
Anna Eaton dec? widow of James. Conn.
H. Gaylord 14 Dec. 1854. H. Gaylord 15 Jan'y. 1855. " " 26 Jan'y 1855
Act of July 1838.

Hon. S. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
In answer to yours of the 14 th Dec, "requiring further testimony of the marriage of James & Anna Colon also Administration upon Anna's Estate with the amount of the bond certified to your Office" I sent on the 19 th Dec. a deposition of Nathan Morley who was present at their marriage, also the family record of Aaron Goodrich the father of Anna, together with the certificate of the Probate Court of the Administration & Bond, not having heard any thing from your Office since that time relating to that case and fearing that the papers may have miscarried or may have been mislaid during the Holidays, I beg leave to call your attention to the same that I may soon know whether the papers

forwarded on the 19 th Dec have been received and examined Respectfully yours Horace Payson
N. A. I hear you have been sick, have you recovered your health?

Brief in the case of Anna Eaton declining James
County and State of Connecticut
act 5 July 1835 9 March 1843
Claim, ("original," for interest )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record proof of her husband's service with which he is identified by the affidavits of Hester Chapmann, Stephen Ingham Jr., Isaac Goodell, Stephen Dyer, Nathan Merrill, and Stephen Ingham Jr. who served with him and as pensioner for his service. —
Record proof of marriage
( for interest )
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Proofs of death & citizenship etc as required by the Regulations of the Office.
Name and residence of Agent
Horace Gaylord Esq Ashford Windham Co Conn
Thomas H. Platt
Examining Clerk.

Ishford Ct. Dec 9, 1854
Hon. Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Herewith I send you the claim of Jarvis Eaton and his brother and sister, for a Pension for their mother under the act of 1838, and 1842 on account of the Revolutionary service of James Eaton their father. I would call your attention to the deposition of Stephen Dunham as he knew Eaton before the War and served with him 3 years during the War and finally knew him to the day of his death as Dunham makes his mark instead of writing his name in full, I have thought proper to annex to his deposition, that of his son and also of his house keeper, who each of them witness the making of his mark; (Dunham having partially lost the use of his right hand was unable to write his name) — The testimony of Dunham clearly proves the service of Eaton for three years, and also identifies, clearly, the man — The certificate of the Comptroller also fully supports the testimony of Dunham, as to the service of three years, the service in 1776 we have not been so particular to identify with the man as we should have been if the other three years had not been sufficient for all "practical purposes" — I hope you will find the accompanying papers sufficient to establish the claim.
Horace Gaylord

Stamford Connecticut Jan 18 th 1855
I beg leave to ask the personal examination of the following by the Hon. Loren P. Waldo
Dear Sir
Yours & the 5 th requiring the family record of Isaac Goodall in the case of Anna Eaton widow of James of Conn. is just received, and in reply have the honor to say that I do not know that it will be possible for me to persuade the old gentleman to give up his family record to be sent to Washington neither do I conceive that the Rules of your department require it, as it is a record that belongs to another family than that of Anna Eaton, I have not been able to find any record at all among the Eatons as yet.
The Act "approved May 7, 1846 requires only such "as would be sufficient to establish the marriage between the applicant and the deceased in civil or criminal actions in a Court of Justice"
The Attorney General, Mason in his opinion of the 25 th June 1846 explaining the above section says that "under this section to establish the relation of widow, proof of a marriage in fact cannot be required that is, by witness present at the ceremony, or by Official Records, general reputation and cohabitation are sufficient prima facie "
I have already sent the affidavits of two as respectable

persons as can be found in Windham County or any other County, who each of them swear positively that the Marriage took place in 1788 and that they were present at the performance of the ceremony, and each of them at that time of life when such transactions make an im- -pression likely to be remembered, the one 18, the other 13 years of age.
Mr Mosley in his affidavit says that he lived in the Goodell family eight years prior to 1791 and that Anna was married while he lived in the family, now if Mosleys deposition went no farther than that, still it would be sufficient to definite to fix the marriage a long time prior to Jan 1794, but he does go farther and fixes the time to the spring of 1788 while he was in the thirteenth year of his age, Isaac Goodell's two affidavits certainly fixes the marriage definitely beyond any reasonable doubt with good data for his memory, Now I submit to you whether the testimony of two living witnesses to the same fact is not satisfactory within the meaning and letter of the Rules of evidence under the Act of 7 th July 1838 which says that in the absence of "Record Proof" the fact must be established by the testimony of one or more respectable persons, I wish that you yourself would examine these depositions relating to the marriage and if not reasonably satisfactory then I must adduce further testimony if to be had Horace Gaylord

Hon. Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Herewith please find the "Official Record" of the Marriage of James and Anna Eaton. The difficulty of finding the Record has been, that the house where the marriage took place, and which was the residence of Anna, has successively belonged to the town of Windham, Mansfield, Hampton and now to Chaplin — Hampton having been constituted a town in 1786 from Windham & Mansfield, and the town of Chaplin having been constituted a town in 1824 from a part of Hampton, Mansfield and Windham, not finding the marriage on the Records of either of these towns we supposed that none could be found, — but we have now found by tracing the several places of residence of Eaton from time to time back to the period of his marriage that he lived at the time of his marriage on the Willimantic River in the South Easterly corner of the town of Tolland and on the Records of that town we find the Marriage together with the births of their four first children viz two, that have long ago deceased and two of the present claimants. It perhaps is due to Isaac Goodell & Nathan Moseley (than whom, no two men can be found of stricter integrity) to explain that their mistake in the year of Anna's marriage, arises from the fact of two

older sisters having been married previous to the marriage of Anna and the marriage of the one having been taken for that of the other — all three of them having been married while Moseley lived in the family from 1783 to the fall of 1791 & previous to Isaac Goodell coming to his majority in April 1791 & Goodells private record having been made by his son, probably, from the recollections of his father.
Respectfully Yours
Horace Gaylord
Asford Feb. 1 st 1855.

belongs to no 25.556
This Same Service 4 Certificate for James Eaton for his Widow Eliza file no 2 1037
State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford Nov. 18 th 1854
I certify, that on application for evidence of the service of James Eaton , in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this office and find the name of James Eaton , on a Pay Roll under the following heading, viz. Settlement with the P th Connecticut Reg t Israel Harkness Col l Colonel, before January 1 st 1780, where the said Eaton is credited with service as a private, from May 28 th 1777 to Jan y . 1 st 1780 2 years 7 months 4 days.
In another settlement with Col. Harkness Regiment for the year 1780, I also find the name of James Eaton and he is then credited with service as a private from Jan y . 1 st 1780 to May 28 th 1780, 4 months 21 days. The name of Stephen Denham stands the next but one on the roll of the Reg t . to that of the said James Eaton , and John Shumway, was a captain in Col. Harkness Reg t . at the time of the said Eaton's service.
John Denham, Comptroller by Geo. Robinson Clerk

Hon S. P. Waldo
Yours of the 14 th is received and in answer to the question "How was Isaac Goodell enabled to fix the precise year that his sister Anna was married" I send you his deposition explaining his means of knowledge, and in addition thereto I send you the Deposition of Nathan Mosely a very respectable inhabitant of Eastford, who lived in the family of Anna Goodell's father, at the time of her marriage and was of just the right age to remember such a transaction as a wedding — I also send a certificate of Administration with the amount of Bond
Yours truly
Horace Gaylord
177 Wood Windham County Ct. Dec 19, 1854

Be it hereby known that I, Stephen Ford of Chaplin in the county of Windham and State of Connecticut aged eighty years next February do testify and say that I was very well acquainted with James Caton and his wife Anna Caton whose maiden name was Anna Goodell from the time I was ten years of age viz from the winter of 1785 in Jan. to the day of their death respectively, that I knew them as Husband and wife that they lived together as such and raised up a family of Children, with whom, also, I was well acquainted, that the above named James Caton had the reputation of having been a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, that he died on the 4 th day of February A.D. 1814 in that part of the town of Chaplin at that time belonging to the town of Mansfield, that Anna Caton survived him as his widow and remained his widow until the 13 th day of October 1848 when she died in said town of Chaplin, that the only surviving children of the said James and Anna Caton are Javis Caton, Horace Caton, Edwin Caton and Fanny Clark
Stephen Ford

State of Connecticut County of Windham } ss
On this twenty third day of November 1854 before me Horace Gaylord a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid Personally appeared Stephen Ford signed of the fore- going deposition and made oath to the truth of the same and I certify that I have a long time been acquainted with deponent and that his testimony is entitled to credit and I further certify that I have no pecuniary interest in the claim intended to be supported by said deposition nor am I pecuniarily engaged in prosecution
Horace Gaylord Notary Public
It is hereby certified that the foregoing deposition is lodged with the Commissioner of Pensions for reference of Official authority
H. G. N.P.

Be it hereby known that I, Stephen Dunham of Coventry in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut aged ninety-three years, do, depose testify and say that I am a Revolutionary Soldier & Pensioner of the United States, That I enlisted into the Revolutionary Army the first part of April 1777, into Capt. John Shumway's Company, Col. Josiah Starrs Regt. That James or Jeams Caton as he was then called, enlisted into the same company on the same day for the same term of time for three years, we enlisted at North M. =ansfield Meeting House in this State, a Village where I then resided and about three miles distant from where I now reside, James Caton at that time lived about two or three miles from where I reside on Willimantic River and resided there for many years after the close of the war, and after his marriage with Anna Goodell, the first part of the service we were in Col. Jea s Huntington's Regt. — Col. Huntington was soon promoted and then Col. Starr took the com- =mand of our regiment, There were six of us that enlisted at the same time and place for the same term of time Jeams Caton served with me in the same company and Regt. three full years "to wit" from May 1777 to May 1780 — I was very well acquainted with the above named James Caton both before the war and since the war, to the day of his death and the whole time during

our three years service in the war, the latter years of his life he went by the title of Capt. Eaton and died in that part of the town of Mansfield now belonging to the town of Chaplin and was a Blacksmith by trade and occupation, I further testify that I have a perfect recollection of the day of our enlistment and of our service together in the same company & Regt. for three years, The above named James Eaton was a tough hardy man and a very good soldier
His Stephen D. Dunham mark
State of Connecticut County of Tolland } ss
On this sixteenth day of October in the year 1854 before me Horace Gaylord a Notary Public in and for said State of Connecticut comes Stephen Dunham above named and made oath to the above statement by him subscribed and I certify that I have, for more than twenty years, been acquainted with the above named Stephen Dunham and that his testimony is entitled to credit, and I further certify that I have no pecuniary interest in the claim intended to be sustained by his affidavit nor pecuniarily engaged in its prosecution.
Horace Gaylord Notary Public
SSB My commission with signature thereon endorsed is lodged with the Commissioners of the Superior Court as proof of my Official authority H.G. 1854.

Be it hereby known that I, Stephen Dunham Jr of Coventry in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut aged sixty six years do testify and say that I am a son of Stephen Dunham the signer of the foregoing deposition that I was present when my said father made the state- ment contained in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed and saw him sign the same that my father seemed to have a perfect recollection of the matters contained in said deposition, and that it corresponds with the story I have very often heard him tell both in former years, and still later, up, to this present time, I therefore have no doubt but that it may be relied on as a true statement of the circum- stances as they transpired
State of Connecticut
County of Tolland ss
Stephen Dunham Jr
On this sixteenth day of October in the year 1854 before me Horace Gaylord a Notary Public in and for the State aforesaid personally appeared Stephen Dunham Jr signer of the above deposition and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the same and I hereby certify that I am well acquaint- ed with the above named deponent and that his testimo- ny is entitled to credit
Horace Gaylord Notary Public

Be it hereby known that I, Harriet A. Cutler of Coventry in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut aged forty six years do testify and say that I have taken the whole care of Stephen Dunham, a Revolutionary Pensioner, for the last five years and that I was present when the said Dunham made the statement contained in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed and recard the same, after it had been reduced to writing, read to him and heard him say that the same was correct, that I saw him sign the same and make oath to it - and I further testify that I have very many times since I have lived with him heard him make the same statement, and that his recollections of matters that transpired when he was in the Army seem to be as perfect as ever - I therefore have full confidence that his statement as therein set forth may be relied upon as correct.
Harriet A. Cutler
State of Connecticut County of Tolland ss
On this sixteenth day of October in the year 1854, before me Horace Gaylord a Notary Public in and for the State aforesaid, personally appeared Mrs. Harriet A. Cutler above named and made oath to the truth of the statement by her subscribed and I certify that I am acquainted with deponent and that her testi- mony is entitled to credit.
Horace Gaylord Notary Public

Be it hereby known that I Nathan Moseley of Eastford in the county of Windham and State of Connecticut, do testify and say that I am seventy nine years old last September, that when I was eight years old viz in 1783 I went to live with Aaron Goodell the father of Anna Goodell that I lived with him in his family a period of eight years, or until I was sixteen years of age or until the fall of 1791, that during the time I lived in his family, his daughter Anna Goodell was married to James Eaton a reputed soldier of the Revolution, by Reverend Moseley Esq of Hampton that I was present and saw them married, that said marriage took place the spring before I was thirteen years of age viz in 1788, the day of the month I cannot recollect.
Nathan Moseley
State of Connecticut; County of Windham ss.
On this eighteenth day of December A.D. 1854 before me Horace Gaylord a Notary Public in and for said County and State personally appeared Nathan Moseley, the above named deponent and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed and I certify that I have for a long time been acquainted with deponent and that he sustains a high character for honesty and integrity, therefore his testimony is entitled to credit and I further certify that I have no pecuniary interest in the

claim, intended to be supported by the foregoing deposition.
Horace Gaylord Notary Public
N.B. My commission, with my signature endorsed thereon is on file with the Commission of Pensions for proof of my Official authority H. G. S. 50.

State of Connecticut County of Windham } ss Probate District of Chaplin
Be it hereby known that I, Erastus Rindge Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Chaplin do hereby certify that Edwin Caton of Chaplin has been appointed Administrator on the Estate of Anna Caton late of said Chaplin deceased the widow of James Caton deceased and has taken upon himself said trust by giving bonds to this Court in the sum of One Thousand dollars as the law requires, as appears of record
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Chaplin within said District of Chaplin this eighteenth day of December in the year 1854
Erastus Rindge Judge of Probate " " for the Dist of Chaplin

State of Connecticut } ss County of Windham }
On this twenty-third day of November 1854 before me Horace Gaylord a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mrs. Hester Chapman the signer of the foregoing deposition, and made oath to the statement by her subscribed and I certify that her testimony is entitled to credit and I further certify that I have no pecuniary interest in the claim intended to be substantiated by the foregoing deposition nor pecuniarily concerned in its prosecution.
Horace Gaylord Notary Public
N.B. My commission with my Official signature thereon endorsed is lodged with the Commissioners of Pensions as proof of my Official authority. H. Gaylord N.P.

Be it hereby known that I, Jeremiah Chapman of Chaplin in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged seventy four years do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Capt. James Eaton and with Anna Eaton his wife whose maiden name was Anna Goodell that I knew them very many years as husband and wife, that I lived in the same house with them a period of three years and was living in the house with them at the time of his decease which took place the 4 th day of February A.D. 1814 which was my birth day and was buried on the birth day of his wife, that Anna Eaton survived him as his widow with whom I was intimately acquainted until the 18 th day of October A.D. 1843 when she died, remain- ing the widow of the said James Eaton until her death and that she has surviving the following children viz Jarris Eaton, Horace Eaton, Edwin Eaton and Fanny Clark, by James Eaton her husband. Jeremiah Chapman

Be it hereby known that I Isaac Goodell of Chaplin in the county of Windham and State of Connecticut, aged eighty four years, do testify and say that I was well acquainted with James Eaton formerly of Mansfield deceased, a Revolutionary Soldier, that I was present when the said James Eaton was married to Anna Goodell (my sister) by Ebenezer Moreley Esq of Hampton at my father's house in the North Eastern corner of the present town of Chaplin, (at that time belonging to the town of Mansfield) which marriage took place in the month of March in the year (1788) seventeen hundred eighty eight, that the said James Eaton was a Black- smith by trade and occupation and in the latter years of his life, went by the title of "Capt. Eaton" that at the time of his marriage with my sister, he lived on the Willimantick river, he afterwards remo- ved into, and resided in that part of the present town of Chaplin that formerly belonged to the town of Man- sfield and there died on the 4 th day of February 1814 that he left surviving, Anna Eaton, his widow, who do testify remained the widow of the said James Eaton to the 18 th day of October 1843 when she died, aged 80 years, I further testify that Farris Eaton, Horace Eaton, Darius Eaton and Fanny Clark are the sur- viving children and the only surviving children of the said James & Anna Eaton, that I believe the

aforsaid James Paton was the natural James Paton who served in the Revolutionary Army in Col. Josiah Starrs Regiment Isaac Goodell
State of Connecticut County of Windham ss
On this twenty third day of September in the year 1854 before me Horace Gaylord a Notary Public in and for said County and State personally appeared Isaac Goodell above named and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him subscribed and I certify that I am well acquainted with deponent and that his testimony is entitled to credit and I further certify that I have no pecuniary interest in the claim intended to be sustained by said deposition nor pecuniarily concerned in its success.
Horace Gaylord Notary Public
N.B. Reference may be had to my commission with signature thereto attached, on file with the Commission of Pensions for my Official authority
Horace Gaylord

Be it hereby known that I, Isaac Goodell of Chaplin in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut do testify and say that I was eighty four years old the 10 th day of last April that in answer to the question "How are you enabled to fix the particular year (viz 1788) in which James and Anna Caton were married?" I answer, 1 st that my father built a new house during the summer and fall of 1787 being the season after I was 17 years of age that while said house was being shingled I was struck down with lightning and for some length of time was supposed to have been dead, which has ever caused me to remember that particular season, and that Anna Goodell, my sister, was married the following March and before the house was entirely finished, That I remember that the carpenters & joiners that worked upon the house, made a part of my sister's furniture during the time that they were at work upon the house & I have in my possession a family record entitled "Genealogy of the Goodell Family" which record is in the hand writing of my oldest son and was made many years since, in which, under the heading of "The children of Aaron & Amy Goodell" is the following entry viz "Anna born Feb. 1763 married to James Caton March 1788" that from the foregoing circumstances I am enabled to testify that Anna Goodell was married to James Caton in March 1788

and I further testify that Nathan Moseley now of the town of Eastford, lived in my father's family for a period of eight years previous to and ending when I was 21 years of age and was also present at the said Anna Goodell marriage to Samson Eaton Isaac Goodell
State of Connecticut County of Windham ss. On this eighteenth day of December in the year 1854, before me Horace Gaylord a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Isaac Goodell the signer of the foregoing deposition, and made oath in due form of law, to the truth of the statements by him subscribed, and I certify that the above named Isaac Goodell is a man of "unimpeachable" honor and integrity and therefore his testimony is entitled to undoubted credit; and I further certify that I have no interest whatever in the claim inter- -ested to be supported by the foregoing deposition. Horace Gaylord Notary Public
N.B. My commission with signature endorsed thereon is on file with the Commissioners of Pensions for Ohio reference.
H.G. 4. 1854

State of Connecticut } ss Probate District of Chaplin County of Windham } Be it hereby known that I, Erastus Rice, a Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Chaplin, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court which also concurs with the personal knowledge of the Court - That James Eaton, a Revolutionary Soldier of the United States died in that part of the town of Mansfield now belonging to the town of Chaplin on the 4 th day of Feb. 1814, that Anna Eaton survived him as his widow and remained the widow of the said James Eaton until the 13 th day of October 1848 when she died in said town of Chaplin and that Jarvis Eaton, Horace Eaton, Edwin Eaton and Fanny Clark are the surviving children, and the only surviv- ing children of the said James & Anna Eaton In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Chaplin, this twenty third day of September in the year of our Lord 1854
Erastus Rice Judge of Probate